Friday, October 17, 2008

Huajiachi Botanical Garden, Zhejiang University

The Huajiachi Botanical Garden , is a botanical garden of Zhejiang University.

Introduction


It's the earliest modern botanical garden in China's history. It was first founded in August 1927 by Prof. Guanguang ZHONG , who was the pioneer of the modern China's botany. Mr. Zhong was also a native from Zhenhai, Ningbo.

The garden is located inside the Huajiachi Campus, Zhejiang University, and it's just aside the .

The garden has a area of 0.93 hectare, and owns more than 1000 different kinds of plants. It's the sencond largest botanical garden of Zhejiang University, after the largest Yuquan Botanical Garden, which is located near the Yuquan Campus, Zhejiang University.

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